Arthur Fenton (27 February 1870 – 20 May 1950) was an Australian cricketer. He played one first-class cricket match for Victoria in 1896, and after moving to New Zealand in 1903 he played for Hawke's Bay and Wellington.[1]
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| Born | 27 February 1870 Tarnagulla, Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 20 May 1950 (aged 80) Melbourne, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off-spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1895/96 | Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1903/04–1910/11 | Hawke's Bay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1911/12–1914/15 | Wellington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 28 August 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cricket career
editAn off-spin bowler, useful tail-end batsman and brilliant fielder, Fenton played club cricket in Melbourne and Sydney before being engaged as a professional coach by the Hawke's Bay Cricket Association in late 1903.[2][3] His best bowling performances were 5 for 78 for Hawke's Bay against Auckland in 1904–05[4] and 6 for 41 and 3 for 91 against Otago in 1908–09.[5] As well as coaching, he was the caretaker at the Napier Recreation Ground.[6]
Fenton left Hawke's Bay in October 1911 to take up a groundsman's position at Athletic Park rugby ground in Wellington.[6][7] He carried out drainage works that made a great improvement to the condition of the ground in wet weather.[8] Playing for the University club in Wellington senior cricket, he took three hat-tricks during the 1916–17 season, and finished with 44 wickets at an average of 11.22.[9]
Personal life
editFenton married in Melbourne in 1898. The marriage produced one child, but Fenton went to Sydney without them in 1902, intending to qualify as a dentist. His wife Rhoda divorced him in 1911 on the grounds of desertion.[10]
Fenton returned to Australia in 1920.[11][12] He died in 1950 in Melbourne, where he lived in Power Street, Hawthorn, with his wife Charlotte.[13]
References
edit- ^ "Arthur Fenton". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ^ "Hawke's Bay Association". Hawke's Bay Herald: 4. 19 October 1903.
- ^ "Notes by Long Slip". Otago Witness: 52. 21 October 1903.
- ^ "Auckland v Hawke's Bay 1904-05". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ "Hawke's Bay v Otago 1908-09". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ a b "Personal". Hastings Standard: 4. 3 October 1911.
- ^ Touchline (10 May 1913). "Rugby Football". Free Lance: 19.
- ^ Touchline (30 May 1914). "Rugby Football". Free Lance: 19.
- ^ Touchline (13 April 1917). "Cricket". Free Lance: 19.
- ^ "Fenton v. Fenton". The Herald: 8. 20 November 1911.
- ^ "Wellington Cricket". Free Lance: 24. 25 February 1920.
- ^ "All Sorts of Sport". Free Lance: 22. 16 June 1920.
- ^ "Deaths". The Argus: 10. 22 May 1950.